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Afroasiatic Languages

Afroasiatic Languages is a language family comprising six branches—Semitic, Egyptian, Berber, Chadic, Cushitic, and Omotic—distinguished by shared lexical, phonological, and morphosyntactic features that attest to their common origin in northern Africa and western Asia.

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Afrasian LanguagesHamito-semitic Languages

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Publications

157

The Hausa Language: An Encyclopedic Reference Grammar

Alan S. Kaye, Paul Newman · Journal of the American Oriental Society · 2002 · 693 citations

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African Languages: An Introduction

John P. Hutchison, Bernd Heine, Derek Nurse · The International Journal of African Historical Studies · 2001 · 559 citations

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<b>Africanisms in Afro-American language varieties</b> . Ed. by Salikoko S. Mufwene, with the assistance of Nancy Condon. Athens, GA: The University of Georgia Press, 1993. Pp. vii, 512. Cloth $40.00.

Fiona McLaughlin · Language · 1995 · 355 citations

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The Classification of the Bantu Languages

C. M. N. White · African Affairs · 1949 · 343 citations

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<b>Current Approaches to African Linguistics</b> , 3. Ed. by Gerrit J. Dimmendaal (Publications in African Languages and Linguistics, 6.) Dordrecht, Holland, &amp; Cinnaminson, NJ: Foris, 1985. Pp. 296. f 59.00.

Ben G. Blount · Language · 1988 · 341 citations

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Authors

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  1. JG
    Joseph Greenberg

    University of Haifa, Israel

    7 publications · 383 citations

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  2. GJ
    Gerrit J. Dimmendaal

    University of Cologne, Germany

    4 publications · 257 citations

    4

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  3. MT
    Mauro Tosco

    University of Naples - L'Orientale, Italy

    3 publications · 99 citations

    3

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  4. DN
    Derek Nurse

    Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada

    3 publications · 818 citations

    3

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  5. TG
    Tom Güldemann

    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany

    3 publications · 288 citations

    3

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Institutions

92

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    215 citations

  2. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    291 citations

  3. SOAS University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    344 citations

  4. University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    328 citations

  5. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

    Leipzig, Germany

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    253 citations

  6. Universidad de Londres

    Mexico City, Mexico

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    296 citations

  7. Langage, langues et cultures d'Afrique

    Villejuif, France

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    57 citations

  8. Bar-Ilan University

    Ramat Gan, Israel

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    39 citations

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Venues

  1. Language

    14 publications · 1.7K citations

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  2. African Studies

    8 publications · 559 citations

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  4. Oceanic Linguistics

    4 publications · 214 citations

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  5. Studies in African Linguistics

    SAL · 4 publications · 125 citations

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